Debate: Is it forgetful to celebrate foreign festivals?

First to that classmate of yours parents correct a mistake: New Year's Day is the old name of the Spring Festival. In 1911 AD, after the victory of the Xinhai Revolution, the establishment of the Republic of China. Representatives of the provincial governors met in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar, and from then on, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar was called "Spring Festival", and January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was called "New Year's Day".

So strictly speaking, the current New Year's Day and Spring Festival are not traditional Chinese holidays.

This is too obvious a mistake, and I won't correct the others. If possible, talk to the parents of your classmates. Although the children are still young, we as adults need to make sure that all the information is correct and objective.

(Your opening)

We, as a brand new generation of our country, are facing a brand new world like never before. And in this brand new world, the new is getting more and more, and the old just seems to be getting thinner and thinner. Even our favorite and most familiar holidays are like this. There are more and more foreign festivals and more and more grand festivals. On the other hand, our inherent Chinese festivals are getting fewer and fewer, and the flavor of the festivals is getting fainter and fainter. Especially the young people like us, each of them to foreign festivals to show that they are very "fashion". In the face of such a situation, in the face of such a trend of thinking, we believe that this kind of foreign festivals, is to forget their roots. ("I think" - this word is a taboo. You can't even say it. Even if it is a personal debate, it should be "I think" or "I personally think") What is love of the motherland, love of the motherland should be love of the motherland's culture, traditions and customs, and proud of it. As the most concentrated expression of culture, tradition and local customs, our own inherent festivals should be the most worthy of our pride and perseverance. Of course, we recognize that China has long since left the age of closed doors and that the influx of other cultures and religions has had a certain impact on our lives. However, this influence should be limited. As the only one of the four major civilizations that is still alive, we should develop the Chinese culture in an inclusive manner on the basis of perseverance, and never allow foreign cultures to change or even disappear our inherent culture as we are doing now. Therefore, we believe that the current foreign festivals are forgetting our roots.

Is it forgetful to celebrate foreign festivals?

Congratulations to the owner of the lottery, when the opposite side. The fact that we don't forget our roots is a double negative．

They are the ones who have been in charge of the program for the past few years. In the reference material to give the owner a reply to other debates． The final answer is mine． Because this is a poll, my answer is definitely not the best answer, but that's okay． But that's okay. It'll be helpful to read my answer to help you get your head around the whole thing. So, I won't go into all the basic theoretical stuff here. Suggest that you better be patient to read that answer first, so that I am in your response to some of the principles of the answer will be easier to understand. (I feel less tedious)

Directly into the specific debate:

First of all, the owner of the argument: this is the key. Thesis, to say "on the current state of the foreign festival, ignoring local festivals, we can only say that the current foreign festivals, is forgetting the roots."

Overseas festivals are not forgetting their roots, there are two major footholds: cultural integration and economic promotion. These two points are the inevitable trend of the development of the whole world. Therefore, the owner wants to refute these two points is very difficult.

And foreign festivals are forgetting their roots, there are three major footholds: 1. cultural specificity of the maintenance and dissemination of 2. the integrity of the system of thought 3. characteristics of the depth of the development of economic. And these three points is our current economic system and education system is strongly advocated. Therefore, the owner is sure to win.

But the owner faces the biggest enemy is not the two sides of the foothold of the problem, but I said in the answer to the topic of the problem. The positive side (the side that does not forget its roots by celebrating foreign festivals, hereinafter the same...) The argument is not that it is not forgetful to only celebrate foreign festivals, but that it is not forgetful to celebrate foreign festivals while keeping the traditional festivals. In this way, the opposing side (the side of the foreign festivals is forgetting their roots, hereinafter the same ...) (the one who is forgetting his roots) would be at a disadvantage. This is the biggest inherent flaw in college debates, and it can't be helped. But it doesn't matter. The other side still has a good chance of winning. I'll analyze it for you.

The owner is a college student, right? If so, I don't need to explain too much about the above question. If you don't understand something, ask me on HI, that's fine.

Speaking of the specific debate process:

Positive side in the debate process, it is easier to put forward specific points and examples to see:

1. foreign festivals in many international festivals. For example, "March 8 Women's Day", "May 1 Labor Day", "June 1 Children's Day" and so on, these holidays in China's inherent culture, does not exist. Therefore, through these festivals can strengthen the people's awareness of these special status and attention, but also from the root of the national legislation to emphasize the priority of each part of the population.

Rebuttal: Most of these so-called international festivals are symbolic festivals in the form of anniversaries. I.e., like the International Environment Day, the International Film Festival (August 6), is by no means a foreign holiday, because in most foreign countries, May Day is not a national holiday. It is incorrect to categorize these holidays as foreign holidays. These should be called new festivals. That is, China has designated some of its commemorative days as Chinese festivals according to its own national conditions to show that China attaches importance to this commemorative day and what it commemorates. You should know that May Day is called "the International Labor Day" in English. It is never "Festival" as we call it.

2. Regarding international exchanges, the whole world can now be said to be an economic **** the same body. A country's vacation is not like before, just a country's internal problems. This is still a small matter, like the stock market, the currency market, etc., in the international more influential several major stock companies are abroad. It has taken almost two decades for these markets to adapt to the Chinese New Year, and the transition to promoting Chinese specialties can easily deepen this inconvenience.

Rebuttal: we are emphasizing the traditional Chinese holidays, does not necessarily mean that the traditional holidays must be required to rest. Just like China's current Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, not only the festival flavor, but also did not affect any economic exchanges.

3. The foreign festivals are also a way of learning and respecting foreign cultures. China is not a closed country anymore. China is constantly learning foreign advanced technology at the same time, but also constantly learning the excellent foreign culture. And foreign festivals are also part of the excellent foreign culture. Moreover, in today's mutual exchanges, people from various countries are working in other countries. The foreign festivals can make these foreigners working in China have a better working and resting environment, so as to promote the economy.

Rebuttal: Festivals are indeed an effective part of a culture, a belief. Just as China has a rule that all organizations must take a holiday for Muslims on Eid al-Fitr, China maintains full respect for the holidays of all cultures and faiths. There is a policy of proper care for minority cultures and beliefs.

4. Foreign festivals have also given a big boost to China's economic development and economic exchanges between countries. Part of the more distinctive foreign festivals, such as Valentine's Day (chocolate), Christmas (Christmas gifts, Christmas trees ......), Easter (Easter eggs), Halloween (candy, masquerade supplies) ...... All this is the development of China's economy new driving forces.

Rebuttal: The largest consumption of Chinese holiday consumption still occurs in the Spring Festival. And the economic boost brought by these foreign festivals is still relatively limited. This shows that festivals with national roots are more likely to drive the economy.

Opposing side:

1. The Spring Festival has become an international festival. Nowadays, all over the world, there are Chinese-oriented carnivals when it comes to the Spring Festival, and some countries have even made the Spring Festival a public holiday. "Only what is national is global." And if Chinese people are so bent on accepting foreign festivals and not supporting their own inherent festivals, wouldn't such a Spring Festival culture have disappeared long ago?

2. It has been said above that the new festival is not a foreign festival, so what is a foreign festival. First of all, ask the other side and everyone present a question: China has three major festivals, and the West also has three major festivals. What are these three major festivals? The three main festivals in China are the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The three major festivals in the West are Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving. (I don't think more than half of the people can say all of them correctly, so that explains my second point above. The current situation of celebrating foreign festivals has made the country's knowledge system incoherent. Therefore, emphasizing local festivals is the right way to go. Blindly celebrating foreign festivals as we are doing now has no meaning at all and dilutes the importance of native festivals, and is therefore in essence a form of forgetting one's roots.)

(Then, to continue.) The so-called foreign festivals are by no means the kind of anniversaries. The foreign festivals, just like the traditional Chinese festivals, are traditional festivals that have tradition and significance and belong to a certain cultural system. So, in this way, we often celebrate holidays that can be called foreign festivals, such as Valentine's Day, April Fool's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Christmas. China is not a Christian country, and the number of Christians in our country is very limited, so festivals like Halloween and Christmas have no practical significance for the vast majority of Chinese people. And, I'm sure many people celebrate Halloween without realizing what Christmas is really about, much less why. Valentine's Day, what day is it?2.14?The Chinese Tanabata is the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day. On this day, men and women in ancient times expressed their love by giving each other fans. Mother's Day, what day is Father's Day, May and June? Chongyang Festival is China's Parents' Day. In 1989, China designated September 9 of every year as the Day of the Elderly. It's supposed to be a day to visit your grandparents. Well, even if your parents are not elderly and cannot celebrate such a holiday. Do you all know very well what day your parents' birthday is? Do parents celebrate their birthdays on the lunar or solar calendar? The April Fool's Day itself is contrary to the basic concept of the Chinese "people's words are trustworthy", this is not forgetting the roots, what is it?

3. Economic issues. Nowadays, foreigners, traveling to China are beginning to gradually know to avoid the "May Day" "11" holiday, and often prefer the Spring Festival to come to China. Why? On the one hand, there are too many domestic tourists during the "2-1" holiday, and on the other hand, as China's most orthodox festival, the "Spring Festival" is the most charming moment in China. It is easy to see that, as the home of all the mysterious imaginations of Westerners, it is China's independent and unique national culture and living habits that are the most attractive to Western tourists. The more China's traditional festivals flourish, the more China's unique economy can thrive. If China is really like the current foreign festivals more and more big, foreign flavor more and more strong, then the use of foreign festivals to China's foreign tourists will not be too "home", but rather feel tasteless? This is the same as letting the Chinese travel to France, but only take him to a Chinese restaurant to eat, what is the difference?

4. We all know the Dragon Boat Festival. We all know the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Every year at the Dragon Boat Festival will also eat zongzi, to see the dragon boat race it. As one of the three traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, now is also considered to maintain the original festival characteristics, is also considered to leave some of the three major festivals of the decent. However, do you know that the Dragon Boat Festival is recorded as a Korean cultural heritage in the UNESCO World Heritage Memorandum? While we are paying more and more attention to foreign cultures and boasting a new knowledge system for the new mankind, more and more countries are coveting our cultural traditions and heritage! Do we have to continue to celebrate the foreign festivals that make our countrymen farther and farther away from their own festivals in such an unspecified manner? How is such an observance of foreign festivals not forgetting one's roots?

That's basically it. There's too much detail stuff, so let's talk about it slowly on HI sometime. This is something that must be read carefully and digested!